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I 'Letters Patent .No.73,740,' dated January 2S, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES PGB, MAKING WGODEN BOWLS'.

vT0 ALL WHGM IT- MAY CONGERN; V

Bc it known that I, H ENRY MELLISH, of Walpole, in the county of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for .Cutting Fruit-Bowls from the end of a cylinder of timber; and I do hereby declare that'thefoilowing is a full and exact description thereof.

i My invention consists in providing a hollowicylinder to receive and guide one end of a suitably-prepared revolving cylinder ci' timber, one end ci' the hollow cylinder having hinged to it the arms of a bifurcated lever, with critters of suitable form attached between its arms, so that after making a cavity in the end of the cylinder of timber, in the form of the inside of the 'bowl to be cut, each. proper vibration ot the lever will produce a bowl nearly hemispherical in form, both at its inner and out surfaces. l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding' parts in all the gures accompanying this specicatiou.

Figure'i is a perspective view @if the machine.

Figure 2 is a plan 'view ot' the machine, witha cylinder oifftimber place ready for operatiom 'Figure 3 is a plan view oi' the machine, with a cjfiinderorn timber in place as it is when e bowl has just been cut. v l

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the cylinder ci' timber, cutters, lever, and guiding-cylinder for guiding the timber., i

Figure 5 is a bowl us'it falls from the machine.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view of a bowl as it falls .from .the machine, showing its variation ci" thickness from top tol bottom.

Figure 'Tis .aside view of a bowl finished by cutting away a portion of its thickness to make a fiat surface Vfor its bottom. l i

Figure 8 is a side View of the lever, with the cutter for trimming the top ofthe bowl attached to it.

Figure 9 is the main cutter detachedfrom the lever.

In g. 1, AA and A constitute the frame cf the machine, B the driving-pulleys on an arbor withthe facepla-ce C, which turns in bearings in the cross-rails ft ot of the frame. The screw D is arranged to turn between thehcads A Aof the frame of the machine, by means of the cranlr. E, a hollow guiding-cylinder to receive and support the timber from which the bowls are cut, and c is a tube connected with it to slide on the way A of the' frame. The screw D passes through the prominence cl on the guiding-cylinder, and servos the purpose ot' a way, and with its crank b, and the index-plate g, to move along and set the cylinder E preparatory to cute ting each bowl. 'lhe lever e has its opposite end hinged to' a prominence on the under side of the guidingcylinder E, and has on its upper surface half a female-screw box fitting onto the screw D, where it is held firmly iu place by the spring-catchf passingdown through it, so that the cylinder E may be moved along its ways by turning the crank' Z2 ofthe screw D, and may be made stationary, by inserting the piu 7a, projecting from the lever of the crank t into a holo in the index-plate g, where it is held firmly duringv tlfe operation of cutting a bowl.. To the ears J ol' the guiding-cylinder E, the arms of a bit" routed lever, F, are hinged with the screws or' pivots z, and beitweenthe arms of this lever themain cutter Gis made fast in the recess c (see iig. 8) with :che screws m m, (secfig. 9.) The main cutter is concavo-ccnvet:, and is curvedto correspond to the size and form of the bowls to be cut. llibe form of the cutter maybe as represented ini-the different positions in the igs. l, 2, and 9, crits form may be varied by making it wider at its cutting-point, so as'to give it a drawing cut and greater strength, to avoid springing when cutting the thicker bowls, or the harder kinds of timber, but still retaining its globular or concavoconvex form or curve, or its curve to correspond to the size and form ofthe bowls to be cut. The form of thc cutter is represented iny different positions in the figs. 1, v2, and 9. To the lever F a \/shaped cutter, Z, is attached, with the screw n in position as represented, with its cutting-edge standing a suicient distance back or away from thcmain cutter to admit the upper edge of a bowl between it and Althe main cutter. In the brancher the lever F a groove, P, is provided, to-f'orm anV opening between the lever andthe main cutter, to admit the guide H,(see sectional view, iig. 4.) This guide H is-an arm projecting from the cylinder E, Vand is curved te correspond with the'curve and sweep oi' thermain cutter, and serves the purpose of guiding its point so as to enter the timber at all't'nncs alike.

Operation. Having prepared a cylinder ot' timber to ht easily into the guiding-cylinder E, by thoroughly steaming it, place it in the machine, as represented at I, in fig. 2, with one end of the timber so far iu the guiding-cylinder that'when the-lever F is pulled forward, as represented in iig. 3, thepoint of the main cutter Gvwili come in v contact with the end of the timber before reaching 'the axis ofthe cylinder of timber. Npw, apply power to the driving-pulley B, to revolve the cylinder ci' timber, thon pull forward the lever F, as represented in fig. 3, and it will be seen that the main cutter G will have cutie. cavity in the end of the cylinder ci" timber I, corresponding to the curve and sweep of the cutter. Now, the lever F'should be swung back, as seen at figs. 1 and 2, 'and a. turn given to the screw D, by turlningthe crank In and setting it by inserting the pin t in a hole in the index-plate g. Then by pulling forward the lever, as above described, another chip will be cut from the end of the timber to enlarge its cavity. After repeating the above operation, to enlarge the cavity in the end of the timber to the size of its circumference, the same operation being continued, will then produce bowls or heinispherieal cuts. A sideview of which, see iig. 5.

The operation of cutting will be more fully understood by reference to iig. 2, showing the revolving cylinder of timberI in the machine, with the point ot the main-cutter G resting against the guide H, ready to cut a bowl. New, it will beseen that by sweeping the lever F steadily to the position as seen'in iig. 3, the point of the main cutter will have swept through its quarter of a circle to the axis of thcrevol-ving timber, and separated a bowl, g, from it, as'shown in sectional view, tig. 4, and at the same time the V-shaped cutter Z will have cut the channel r for the purpose of giving a finish to theV top of the next bowl to be cut, and fciutlic pointof the main cutter. to enter at the nekt' operation of cutting a bowl, (see a', fig. Fig. 5 is a side view of a bowl as it falls from the inachine. Y Fig. 6 isa vertical section oiabowl as it falls from the machine, showing its thickness in all its parts, and also showing by the line s-tlie point at which a piece is separated to formubottom and to finish the bowl, asshown by fig. 7. i

What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. I claim the hollow cylinder E, when constructed with the cutter-guide II,or its equivalent, substantially in the manner and for the purpose above described.

` 2.' I'claim the concavo-convex cutter G, when arrangedA in combination with the cylinder E to swing in a circle correspondingto its curve,`,substantiallyiin the manner and for the purpose above described.

3. I claim the cutter l, when constructed and arranged to operate with the cutter G and leverV F, or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose above specified.

s I i HENRY MELLISH.

' Witnesses:

B. F. Annalen, .Fniinnnrcx VosE. 

